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How Houston residents are staying cool with temps in the upper-90s coupled continued power outages 🥵🧊
Read full article: How Houston residents are staying cool with temps in the upper-90s coupled continued power outages 🥵🧊Submit your Click2Pins and show us some ways you and your family are cooling down during the widespread power outages lingering around our area.
Storm slams Willis neighborhood, damaging homes and knocking out power
Read full article: Storm slams Willis neighborhood, damaging homes and knocking out powerWillis residents in the Cape Malibu neighborhood are cleaning up after Tuesday’s storm toppled trees, knocked out power, and damaged homes and cars.
Here’s what to know this evening about Tropical Depression Imelda
Read full article: Here’s what to know this evening about Tropical Depression ImeldaHOUSTON – As Imelda continues to impact the Houston area, here are the biggest headlines you need to know about:1. Here's more to know:Third Imelda-related death confirmed in BeaumontThree people were killed after Tropical Storm Imelda hit Southeast Texas Thursday, bringing torrential rainfall across the Houston area, Winnie and Beaumont. 📷There are several dozen locations where high water is reportedTropical Depression Imelda has brought flooding rains to parts of the Houston region. The water receding in a lot of locations, but we still have high water," Harris County meteorologist Jeff Lindner said. How you can help out those who are in needThousands in the greater Houston area were impacted by Tropical Depression Imelda.
This is what happened when Tropical Storm Allison hit Houston area 19 years ago
Read full article: This is what happened when Tropical Storm Allison hit Houston area 19 years agoHOUSTON – Nineteen years ago, Tropical Storm Allison made landfall and left Houston underwater. Tropical Storm Allison started as a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico in June 2001. Allison is the first tropical storm to ever have its name retired, alongside hurricanes like Katrina, Rita and Ike. As the storm moved inland and quickly lost wind strength and tropical storm status, heavy rainfall records were set within the five days the storm lingered in Southeast Texas. The storm moved north across Houston on June 6, and the next day, Allison stalled near Lufkin as a depression.
Remembering Houston’s 2015 ‘Memorial Day Flood’
Read full article: Remembering Houston’s 2015 ‘Memorial Day Flood’As is typical for Memorial Day, people in Houston spent their 2015 holiday enjoying barbecues and time on nearby beaches. That downtime, however, became a distant memory for many when they woke up the next day.
10 years later: Remnants of Ike leave lessons learned from survivors
Read full article: 10 years later: Remnants of Ike leave lessons learned from survivorsLEAGUE CITY, Texas – Hurricane Ike roared ashore in Galveston shortly after 2 a.m., on Sept. 13, 2008, pushing a 22-foot storm surge that flooded 80 percent of the buildings in the city. “I learned that I'm really resilient and that it's OK to not have it together and to need help," she said. Hurricane Ike caused $27 billion in damage. A bitter political fight over replacing 569 public housing units destroyed by Ike has stalled reconstruction. But Matlock said she learned from Ike that heart and family make a home, not the house.